Pie Club Meeting Saturday 7^th August 2010

World Events

Terrible floods in Pakistan.

Moscow in thick smog fires burn.

UFOs spotted in Hebden Bridge.

Naomi Campbell on the stand over blood diamonds.

BP cap the well. Apparently in was a drop in the ocean.

Banks back in profit ITU make profits from dial-ins.

Medical volunteers killed in Afghanistan.

Harrow Council gives all children halal meat.

Sport

Football season starts Leeds 1 Derby 2

Leeds beat St Helens (Rugby)

Success in European Athletics, biggest ever medal tally.

England hammer Pakistan at Edgbaston. (Cricket)

Pies

Richard   Difficult to mark, not Yorkshire pie suet pastry, tastes of beef. Dire pastry, nice meat. Scottish or Lancashire?

Score   4.0/10

Mark   Must be freshest pie we’ve had. It wasn’t cooked! Jelly tasteless. Meat peppery but no texture. Kelso pie?

Score   5.0/10

Phil   Fresh, bulbous shape, think it’s beef. No jelly. Alien pie 6 John Clean looking. Sushi pie – raw. Mincemeat texture. Not porky.

Score   6.0/10

Kevin   Not a posh pie. Needed colour. Soft pastry. Tasteless jelly. Peppery meat. Granular meat. Tad small (fortunately, said Mark). Yesterday’s pie.

Score   7.0/10

Summary

Fetcher   Kevin

Fetch   Cissy Green, Haslenden.

Price   90p

Average   5.5

Pie Meeting Saturday 14^th August 2010

World Events

Oxford County to stop using speed cameras because of reduced funding from government.

Will others follow ? Lets hope so.

President Obama gives go ahead to Mosque next to 9/11 site.

British Armed Forces to be cut

Sport

David Beckham may not play for England again.

Blackpool into Premier League and win first game against Wigan 4 – 0

Pies

Phil   Good looker, tasty, a bit dry, void between meat and lid.

Score   7.0/10

John   Well filled, golden pastry, tasty, juicy. Good pie.

Score   8.5/10

Peter   Good all rounder of a pie. Tasty, crisp and fresh.

Score   7.5/10

Mark   Crispy pastry, soft on the sides, course granular meat. Lots of spice.

Score   9.0/10

Summary

Fetcher   Mark

Fetch   Grange’sof Slathwaite

Price   £1.10

Average   8

Pie Meeting Saturday 28^th August 2010

World Events

Azil Nadir comes back to face the music for the Poly Peck collapse.

Chillian miners may be stuck in the mine until Christmas.

David Cameron’s wife has a baby in Cornwall.

Blair buys 9nth house for 1 million.

MI6 man found dead in a holdall in a bath.

Bradford riots involving the English Defence League

Sports

Leeds stuffed by Warring ton 6- 30 at Wembley in Challenge Cup Final.

Highest eigth wicket stand in history of test Cricket.

Pakistian forced to follow on.

Lewis Hamilton second of grid for Belgium GP.

Tottemham Hotspur through to European Cup.

Pies

No one brought the pies so Lindsey Walker stepped in and gave us pie and peas.